November's Octane magazine has revealed that sprint racing may return to the old Crystal Palace circuit, near London, in 2009. The article got my attention because I saw my very first vintage...
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You had to be there, I guess, to really appreciate the sights and sounds of the Final Mondiali but Classic Driver magazine offers us a great online look at Ferrari's annual end-of-season salute to...
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It was, in its day, the world's most grueling road race. Now Hemmings calls it "the world's most grueling amateur road rally." It's La Carrera Panamericana, formerly known (in...
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Automobile historian Leo Levine has a brief, but captivating, article in this month's issue of the digital auto magazine Winding Road. In it he reminisces about practising and racing on the fabled...
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It has been said that the hillclimb is the purest form of motor racing. The driver competes, uphill, on a public road, against the clock. It isn't a matter of outcornering the other guy on track,...
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With so many great vintage race meets happening around the world these days it's difficult, if not impossible, to claim that one or another is best. But ask anyone who's had the opportunity...
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Ah, those lucky Brits. Yes, here I go again, praising our cousins from across the Atlantic for their ability to produce phenomenal vintage events when we have some great ones in North America but this...
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You've seen photos of the great pre-WW2 Mercedes-Benz and Auto-Union racers, along with their protaganists from England, France and Italy. Perhaps you've been lucky enough to attend a major...
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I may as well be blowing in the wind with this thought but when I attended the Monterey Classics Week last year I found myself wishing the accompanying vintage races at Laguna Seca could be held at a...
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Well done, Your Lordship! Your 3-day Goodwood Festival of Speed is underway again and as always since its inception in 2003 it will thrill up to150,000 spectators while leaving the rest of us dripping...
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Of all the race tracks I've visited - and I've been to many in Canada, the US, and Europe - Watkins Glen remains one of my favorites. It's partly the beautiful setting but mostly...
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He was called the greatest driver who never won a world's championship. He's 77 years old and still competes in vintage races. He is Sir Stirling moss and he'll be driving an Aston Martin...
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I've driven a few laps of Mission Raceway's River's Edge road circuit in a Porsche 911 with famous endurance racer Hurley Haywood in the passenger's seat. I was told that Hurley had a...
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San Diego is one of my favorite cities and in the autumn of 2005 I had another opportunity to visit, courtesy of Volkswagen. The setting was a media presentation of the new Jetta. Test drive colleague...
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You know that spring's arrived when the "Sportscar Vintage Racing Association" revs up for the "Vintage GT Challenge" at Road America May 18-20, 2007. Located at Elkhart Lake,...
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This past weekend was packed with motor racing of the best kind (unless you're an oval track enthusiast, which I'm not, except when there's nothing else to watch on TV). It marked the...
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It's not every day that a ready-to-compete vintage racer comes up for auction, especially one with a story like the Brown Brothers' Mustang GT350 R. It will be up for grabs at RM's Arizona Biltmore...
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The Italian Grand Prix is not the only exciting event that takes place at Monza each year. Indeed, the last round of the Shell Ferrari Historic Challenge is possibly more entertaining. The Challenge...
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Historic Grand Prix racing just keeps growing and growing. The latest to be announced will run at the UK's Donington Park Grand Prix Circuit in early May of 2007 as the first event in the newly...
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Although hundreds of vintage races happen each weekend and in spite of the fact that such events have a loyal enthusiast following, the sport is all but unknown to anyone else. Until this weekend,...
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The 1970's had to be the most exciting decade in F1 racing. If you were there watching, as I was, you'd love to turn the clock back and see it again. If you weren't, the next best thing is to......
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